Daniel Farr

Visiting Assistant Professor, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia

I first came to The College of Saint Rose as an adjunct in 2003. I joined the Sociology Department as a full-time instructor in spring, 2006. During the last semesters I have been working to develop and expand course offerings in my areas of stratification, gender, masculinities, and sexualities. I particularly seek to encourage students to understand the impact and intersections of multiple social forces, such as racial-ethnic identity, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, that shape our lives. This past year I initiated the chartering of an AKD Sociological Honor's Society and have become affiliated with the Women's Studies program.

Having obtained a B.A. in Anthropology and an M.A. in Women's Studies, I am currently working on my Ph.D. in Sociology. My research seeks to explore issues of gender, sexuality, and the family. My doctoral dissertation, entitled "Parental Aspiration Among Young Gay Men," seeks to dissect and understand the social factors that influence young gay men as they consider their desires to parent. Traditionally, research on gay families has particularly addressed lesbian families. The limited research on gay men's parenting and families has dealt primarily with issues of identity conflict and the impact of gay parenting upon children. This work will not only address younger men than prior works, but will investigate the desire to parent among men who wish to parent and men who do not. Additional issues being addressed within this work include racial-ethnic diversity, educational attainment, and the impact of the media.

In addition to my interest with gay parenting my publications seek to investigate issues of masculinities and sexuality. My article "Sissy Boy, Progressive Parents" appeared in Couples, Kids, and Family Life and Men's Lives, 7th ed. I currently am developing an article "Latter Days: The Corruption of a Mormon and the Loss of a Fag" for inclusion in a text addressing the depiction of Mormonism in modern media. Additionally, my article "The Taboo Worlds of the Sex Museum" is to appear in a volume addressing virtual museums. I have also recently begun to investigate issues of gender in museum exhibits of plastinated bodies (such as in Body Worlds) and issues of gender and sexuality within personal ads on Craigslist.

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